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Lemhi and Custer counties are two large sparsely populated counties in central Idaho. Many of the posts to this blog are about events that happen there. Politicians often like to argue that the folks there are some kind of “real Idaho” — loggers, miners, grazers. There is hardly anyone more strident in this position than…
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The black-footed ferret, which preys exclusively on prairie dogs, was thought perhaps to be extinct 25 years ago when it was rediscovered living on a large ranch west of Meeteetse, Wyoming. The result of this discovery has been a shaky recovery of the species. The article below tells the story. Story in the Billings Gazette.…
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Every year Ski Area Citizens rates the Western ski areas. This year the very best one was a tie between Aspen Mountain and Buttermilk, both in Colorado. The very worst was also in Colorado–Breakenridge, followed closely by Copper Mountain. For the compete rundown
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I notice that many blogs provide a place to post without the posts being in any relation to a particular topic. So let’s see if there is interest.
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There was a story in the LA Times today by Julie Cart (no link, it’s a link unfriendly newspaper) that visits to national parks are dropping and there seems to be a general ignorance of actual outdoors by today’s children due to lack of experience. Here is a story on at least a beginning at…
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Good news from Oregon. This was in the Oregonian.
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I’ve written three hiking guides. It was a lot of hiking/backpacking. The walking and writing record of Harvey Manning is beyond my ability to comprehend. But Manning was more than an author of hiking guides, his record in conservation work is impressive too. Story on Manning from the Post-Intelligener.
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The quakes were numerous but small. Story in the Billings Gazette.